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Strategic change for sustainability in Thai Commercial Bank

Boriboon Pinprayong (School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand.)
Winai Wongsurawat (School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Bangkok, Thailand.)

Publication date: 17 October 2012

Abstract

Subject area

Strategic change for business sustainability.

Study level/applicability

The case is targeted at the BA level and MBA level, and strategic management courses.

Case overview

The case study focuses on strategic change for business sustainability in the commercial bank sector in Thailand. It describes how Siam Commercial Bank (SCB) developed and implemented strategic change to achieve business sustainability in the economic fluctuations, and the competition in the banking market. SCB is a very long established bank which held the highest market capitalization among Thai Financial Institutions, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy in the Asian financial crisis in 1997.

Expected learning outcomes

These include developing students' understanding of the context and practices of strategic change and the nature of theoretical traditions in the field of strategic change.

Supplementary materials

Teaching notes are available; please consult your librarian for access.

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Citation

Pinprayong, B. and Wongsurawat, W. (2012), "Strategic change for sustainability in Thai Commercial Bank", , Vol. 2 No. 8. https://doi.org/10.1108/20450621211291824

Publisher

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2012, Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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